things went wrong because inexperience was following youth and speed to the site of the wreck

The stunt that inspired The Mint 400: Two dune buggies traveling off road from Las Vegas to Lake Tahoe, September 1967 Thank you Steve!

Four young men in two dune buggies took the 577-mile off-road trek as a promotional stunt for Del Webb Corp hotels The Mint and the Sahara Lake Tahoe. 

 The drivers set out from Las Vegas on September 7, 1967, and completed the route in 99 hours, 22 minutes.

The following Spring ‘68, Del Webb Corp expanded the desert race into the competitive, The Mint 400, which has continued ever since.

The Las Vegas group made their own roads as they went along, cutting wildly over the 600-foot dunes in the Armagosa Valley, pushing through streams and over desert flats and, finally, up the precipitous Sierra foothills to the shore of Lake Tahoe.

https://vintagelasvegas.com/post/795593541907841024/1967

this isn't a photo, it's a video still, a frame from a clip... but damn, what a good photo it would be!

 

https://www.instagram.com/therj37/

The California Supreme Court (told the butt heads who want to shut down offroading at the dunes) that the court declined to hear a petition from the California Coastal Commission (CCC) (buttheads, every damn one) seeking to ban off-highway vehicles (OHVs) at Oceano Dunes.

The  California Supreme Court decision to decline to hear the petition reaffirms the previous ruling by the San Luis Obispo County Superior Court, which found that the CCC's attempt to prohibit OHV use contradicted the Local Coastal Plan (LCP).

The move is a significant victory for OHV enthusiasts.

The Commission’s attempt to ban OHV use at Oceano Dunes contradicts the plain language of the certified Local Coastal Plan (LCP).

It further stated: “Here, we conclude the Commission did not have the authority to phase out OHV use by unilaterally amending the Oceano Dunes [development permit] because the LCP permits such use. The LCP states that one of its goals is to “ ‘maximize public recreational opportunities’ ”— including OHV use—at Oceano Dunes.”

Aside from maintaining the free country aspect of using some SAND that has no other useful function, (we have a really big damn desert between the coasts if anyone can ever figure out what to do with SAND) for having FUN with dunebuggies, it's a fact that the LAW about the damn California Coastal Commission was CLEAR about the legal use for the dunes was specifically for maximizing public recreational opportunities and specifically OHV use—at Oceano Dunes. 

Plus OHV recreation generates a half a billion dollars annually for the local economy.

https://kmph.com/news/local/california-supreme-court-upholds-off-highway-vehicle-use-at-oceano-dunes

There's no doubt in my mind that the coastal commission is made up of a bunch of rich people who want to make a lot of condos and apartment buildings, so they get richer, either with kick backs from developers, or pay raises based on tax income increasing, or some other boondoggle. Govt people, they simply don't leave recreational areas be, and instead focus on corporate pollution and code enforcement 

Oceano Dunes is about 1/2 way between San Diego and San Fransisco

this should be required viewing before buying a problem project, just to make sure you're ready to solve this MANY problems - just to make a project run

Carcross Desert, (just sand dunes) is about one square mile, and is the closest thing Canada has to a desert

The sand dunes were left by a glacial lake thousands of years ago, and the strong winds from nearby Bennett Lake continue to supply the area with sand today. The dunes are enjoyed by both locals and visitors, who hike up them, sandboard down them, and explore them on ATVs and with off-road scenic tours.

Sport lovers descend on the sands every weekend, creating a multi-purpose adventure playground. In summer, exposed dunes are used by quad bikers, hikers and sand-boarders, and as soon as enough snow falls, the desert is reclaimed by ski-tourers, tobogganers, snowshoers and snowboarders.

Potential dune erosion from those activities prompted the government to seek out environmental protection for the "desert" back in 1992, but that measure failed due to pushback from community members.

Human activity is good for the Carcross Desert, as dune fields in the territory need such disturbances to help fight off encroaching boreal forest. Natural disturbances come in the form of strong winds or fires, but nowadays, human recreation is also a large contributor. A concrete example is when ski trails were put into the Carcross Desert, as that broke lichen crusts and reactivated the dunes, says Bruce Bennett, who acts as conservation data centre coordinator with the Yukon government.

https://travel.destinationcanada.com/en-us/things-to-do/quick-guide-to-carcross

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20180621-the-unlikely-home-of-the-worlds-smallest-desert

https://www.uphere.ca/articles/just-deserts

very 60s

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10162624675154363&set=gm.1305064184102738&idorvanity=226675368608297

remember when car engines wore out, and made lots of smoke? Some still do, this dune buggy was making lots of smoke and noise

some fun vehicles in the Disney movie Million Dollar Duck, and shocking for a Disney movie, an Intermeccanica Italia

if anyone realizes they have these cars because the license plates match.... that would be epic!

here's my guess why it's in this movie (there are only 4 ever in tv shows and movies according to IMCDB)... it's made in California, and, the came company made the Apollo GT, and Vette Ventura and Disney used an Apollo GT as the Thorndyke Special in The Love Bug. I'll guess they made a deal to get their cars into Disney movies   https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-thorndyke-special-64-apollo-3500-gt.html

they crashed it? 

https://www.imcdb.org/v077602.html

to see the list of all the cars in this movie https://www.imcdb.org/m66728.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_GT

the interesting cars in the Disney movie The Worlds Strongest Man

 

notice the Cougar parked on the left

Looks like they disguised the Meyers Manx badge with a 60's flower sticker

1949 Rolls Royce, it was also in the Love Bug! https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-love-bug-scenes-in-san-francisco.html

and what is amazing is that the Rob Reisner Bathtub show car showed up in the scan of Dexter's (Kurt Russell) mind

with the bikini model, of course

Matt Dillon and a Meyers Manx. That got my attention

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13142324/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/originals/high-desert/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/patricia-arquette-high-desert-secret-obsession

Peter Parkedcar from the new Spiderman movie

Dune buggy love

https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/

Goodguys Del Mar is having a beautiful weather weekend for the cone killers to utilize all the traction they can find

I don't even remember the Ford EXP, but a couple of you did, THANK you for that! 

The EXP was a real 2 seater, based on the Escort, produced from 81-88, and only had the 1.6 liter 70 hp engine to begin with, and a 115 hp 1.9 engine on the EXP Sport Coupe when they killed it off.

the 2 seater was an insurance company attention getter, and competed with the Fiero, the MR2, and CRX

even this Mustang was out racing through the cones